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1945 Detroit Lions

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Record: 7-3-0, Finished 2nd in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 195 points (19.5/g), 5th of 10 in the NFL.
 Allowed 194 points (19.4/g), 5th.
 Differential of 1 points (0.1/g), 5th.
 Expected W-L: 5.0-5.0.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -13 (-1.3/g), 10th.

Coached by Gus Dorais

Training Camp: Assumption College (Windsor, Ontario)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 195 2401 555 4.3 102 87 238 1544 15 36 6.5 47 317 857 10 2.7 40 46 10 15
Team Defense 194 2527 583 4.3 105 89 227 1615 17 23 7.1 42 356 912 7 2.6 46 33 10 17
Lg Rank Offense 5 6 7 3 4 3 10 7 9 8 6 7 10 5
Lg Rank Defense 5 4 2 7 8 10 4 6 5 2 1 1 4 6

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 23 boxscore W 1-0 @ Chicago Cardinals 10 0 11 192 109 83 6 2 83 57 26 5
2 Sun October 7 boxscore L 1-1 @ Green Bay Packers 21 57 15 385 244 141 6 7 293 242 51 1
3 Sun October 14 boxscore W 2-1 Philadelphia Eagles 28 24 9 178 125 53 3 8 236 100 136 4
4 Sun October 21 boxscore W 3-1 Chicago Cardinals 26 0 9 326 251 75 2 8 113 82 31 4
5 Sun October 28 boxscore W 4-1 Chicago Bears 16 10 4 148 133 15 3 16 215 84 131 1
6 Sun November 4 boxscore W 5-1 @ Bos/Bkn Yanks/Tigers 10 9 5 99 23 76 4 6 143 77 66 5
7 Sun November 11 boxscore W 6-1 @ Chicago Bears 35 28 12 326 186 140 5 15 333 279 54 2
7 Sun November 18 boxscore L 6-2 @ New York Giants 14 35 8 221 161 60 6 15 355 235 120 3
9 Thu November 22 boxscore L 6-3 Cleveland Rams 21 28 13 259 101 158 6 15 444 329 115 5
10 Sun December 2 boxscore W 7-3 Green Bay Packers 14 3 16 304 249 55 2 15 237 80 157 5

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
Chuck Fenenbock 28 P/TB 10 2 45 110 40.9 754 7 6.4 11 10.0 56 6.9 3.6 16.8 75.4 46.4 0 0
Cotton Price 27 tb 8 3 16 52 30.8 256 3 5.8 8 15.4 63 4.9 -0.8 16.0 32.0 27.9 0 0
Dave Ryan 22 PR/tb 10 5 13 44 29.5 331 3 6.8 10 22.7 61 7.5 -1.3 25.5 33.1 41.6 0 0
Dick Weber 26 3 0 6 22 27.3 70 0 0.0 5 22.7 27 3.2 -7.0 11.7 23.3 0.8 0 0
Bill Callihan 29 K/LT 10 10 3 5 60.0 34 1 20.0 2 40.0 15 6.8 -7.2 11.3 3.4 80.4 0 0
Bob Westfall+ 26 FB 9 4 3 4 75.0 91 1 25.0 0 0.0 63 22.8 27.8 30.3 10.1 156.2 0 0
Buzz Trebotich 25 BB 9 5 1 1 100.0 8 0 0.0 0 0.0 8 8.0 8.0 8.0 0.9 100.0 0 0
Team Total 26.7 10 87 238 36.6 1544 15 6.3 36 15.1 63 6.5 0.9 17.7 154.4 41.0 0 0
Opp Total 10 89 227 39.2 1615 17 7.5 23 10.1 7.1 4.05 18.1 161.5 49.8 0 0 7.1 4.1 0.0

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Bob Westfall+ 26 FB 9 4 82 234 6 19 2.9 26.0 9.1 12 209 17.4 3 43 1.3 23.2 443 9 3
Chuck Fenenbock 28 P/TB 10 2 72 143 1 37 2.0 14.3 7.2 1 24 24.0 0 24 0.1 2.4 167 1 4
Dave Ryan 22 PR/tb 10 5 36 93 1 8 2.6 9.3 3.6 2 67 33.5 1 63 0.2 6.7 160 2 4
Andy Farkas 29 KR/WB 8 3 31 137 0 27 4.4 17.1 3.9 9 132 14.7 2 29 1.1 16.5 269 2 1
Bill Callihan 29 K/LT 10 10 27 85 0 16 3.1 8.5 2.7 4 88 22.0 1 29 0.4 8.8 173 1 2
Cotton Price 27 tb 8 3 24 71 0 14 3.0 8.9 3.0 71 0 3
Jim Thomason 26 5 0 9 9 0 10 1.0 1.8 1.8 1 6 6.0 0 6 0.2 1.2 15 0 3
Dick Weber 26 3 0 7 10 0 7 1.4 3.3 2.3 10 0 1
Elmer Hackney 29 fb 8 3 6 13 0 6 2.2 1.6 0.8 13 0 1
Bob Brumley 26 1 0 5 18 0 4 3.6 18.0 5.0 2 27 13.5 0 29 2.0 27.0 45 0 1
Dick Booth 27 4 0 4 20 0 9 5.0 5.0 1.0 3 90 30.0 1 54 0.8 22.5 110 1 1
Art Van Tone 27 wb 2 2 3 14 0 7 4.7 7.0 1.5 3 67 22.3 0 41 1.5 33.5 81 0 1
Buzz Trebotich 25 BB 9 5 3 3 0 4 1.0 0.3 0.3 3 0 1
Bob Keene 26 1 0 2 2 0 2 1.0 2.0 2.0 2 0 1
Elmer Madarik 23 1 0 2 5 0 4 2.5 5.0 2.0 5 0 0
John Greene 25 LE 10 10 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 26 550 21.2 5 63 2.6 55.0 550 5 0
Jack Matheson 25 RE 9 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 19 241 12.7 1 34 2.1 26.8 241 1 1
Chuck DeShane 27 wb 9 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 29 14.5 0 17 0.2 3.2 29 0 2
Ed Frutig 25 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 5 2.5 1 3 0.3 0.6 5 1 1
Dave Diehl 27 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.3 3.0 9 0 0
Team Total 26.7 10 313 857 8 37 2.7 85.7 31.3 87 1544 17.7 15 63 8.7 154.4 2401 23 31
Opp Total 10 356 912 7 2.6 91.2 35.6 89 1615 18.1 17 8.9 161.5 2527 24 27

Kick & Punt Returns

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Dave Ryan 22 PR/tb 10 5 15 220 0 56 14.7 6 138 0 34 23.0 518
Andy Farkas 29 KR/WB 8 3 7 101 0 32 14.4 8 165 0 44 20.6 535
Chuck Fenenbock 28 P/TB 10 2 5 69 0 28 13.8 7 192 0 40 27.4 428
Cotton Price 27 tb 8 3 3 32 0 14 10.7 4 79 0 28 19.8 182
Chuck DeShane 27 wb 9 5 5 107 1 81 21.4 136
Dick Booth 27 4 0 2 8 0 8 4.0 1 26 0 26 26.0 144
Bob Westfall+ 26 FB 9 4 1 16 0 16 16.0 2 26 0 15 13.0 485
Ed Frutig 25 8 0 1 12 0 12 12.0 17
Jack Matheson 25 RE 9 9 1 10 0 10 10.0 251
Dick Weber 26 3 0 1 24 0 24 24.0 34
Team Total 26.7 10 39 563 1 81 14.4 30 662 0 44 22.1 3626
Opp Total 10 32 0 37 614 0 16.6

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Chuck Fenenbock 28 P/TB 10 2 29 1081 57 0 37.3
Bill Callihan 29 K/LT 10 10 27 25 92.6%
Dave Ryan 22 PR/tb 10 5 3 1 33.3% 17 669 50 0 39.4
Robert Nelson 25 C 9 7 4 1 25.0%
Cotton Price 27 tb 8 3 4 148 46 0 37.0
Chuck DeShane 27 wb 9 5 2 0.0%
Joe Krol 26 2 0 2 74 44 0 37.0
Dick Weber 26 3 0 1 42 42 0 42.0
Team Total 26.7 10 9 2 22.2% 27 25 92.6% 53 2014 57 0 38.0
Opp Total 10 5 4 80.0% 26 24 92.3% 64 2272 35.5

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Dave Ryan 22 PR/tb 10 5 3 90 0 42 0 0 4 3 -1 0
Chuck Fenenbock 28 P/TB 10 2 1 10 0 10 0 0 4 4 37 1
Chuck DeShane 27 wb 9 5 3 75 1 46 0 0 2 2 13 0
Cotton Price 27 tb 8 3 1 16 0 16 0 0 3 2 11 0
Jim Thomason 26 5 0 0 3 3 -16 0
Bob Westfall+ 26 FB 9 4 0 3 3 -11 0
Bill Callihan 29 K/LT 10 10 2 8 0 6 0 0 2 1 -1 0
Buzz Trebotich 25 BB 9 5 3 46 0 28 0 0 1 1 0 0
John Greene 25 LE 10 10 3 65 0 37 0 0 0 1 0 0
Andy Farkas 29 KR/WB 8 3 0 1 2 -4 0
Damon Tassos 22 g 9 3 3 49 0 22 0
Stan Batinski 28 LG 10 6 0 0 2 26 0
Elmer Hackney 29 fb 8 3 0 1 1 0 0
Elmer Madarik 23 1 0 1 40 0 40 0 0 0 1 1 0
Robert Nelson 25 C 9 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Emil Uremovich 29 RT 8 8 0 0 2 0 0
Dick Weber 26 3 0 0 1 1 -8 0
Dick Booth 27 4 0 0 1 0 0 0
Bob Brumley 26 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Ed Frutig 25 8 0 0 1 0 0 0
Al Kaporch 32 t 2 2 1 14 0 14 0
Bob Keene 26 1 0 0 1 0 0 0
Frank Kring 27 lb 4 2 0 0 1 1 0
Jack Matheson 25 RE 9 9 0 1 0 0 0 1
Bill Radovich+ 30 RG 9 8 0 0 1 0 0
Frank Szymanski 22 4 0 1 11 0 11 0
Art Van Tone 27 wb 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
Team Total 26.7 10 23 424 1 46 0 0 31 32 48 1 1
Opp Total 10 27 17 2

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Bob Westfall+ 26 FB 9 4 6 3 9 54
Bill Callihan 29 K/LT 10 10 1 1 25 31
John Greene 25 LE 10 10 5 5 30
Dave Ryan 22 PR/tb 10 5 1 1 2 1 15
Jack Matheson 25 RE 9 9 1 1 2 1 14
Chuck DeShane 27 wb 9 5 1 1 2 12
Andy Farkas 29 KR/WB 8 3 2 2 12
Chuck Fenenbock 28 P/TB 10 2 1 1 2 12
Dick Booth 27 4 0 1 1 6
Ed Frutig 25 8 0 1 1 6
Robert Nelson 25 C 9 7 1 3
Team Total 26.7 10 8 15 1 1 1 1 27 25 2 1 195
Opp Total 10 7 17 24 4 2 194